This policy is costing consumers 25 billion euros annually, paid
via their power bills.
A fair slice of the $ 2 billion annual return on investment required by investors would be recouped
via power bills in the form of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs): a Federal Tax on all Australian electricity consumers (see our post here)-- which effectively underwrite every wind farm investment.
Not exact matches
Renewables also lower the price of
power during the middle of the day by significant amounts — but increase household
bills via the EEG surcharge, the group said.
Once businesses and households realise that the Feds are going to collect $ billions in fines
via retail
power bills, a swathe of angry voters are going to belt Labor at the ballot box.
While RGGI didn't induce enough of a price signal to directly reduce emissions at the covered
power plants, the activities funded by auction revenue did offer benefits including «emission reduction, consumer savings
via lower electricity
bills, and job creation,» according to CRS.
Noted climate activist and author
Bill McKibben said
via email that it's «sad to see MIT cave before the
power of the Kochs,» making reference to the fact that David Koch, whose energy companies have a long track record of environmental destruction, is a lifelong member of The MIT Corporation.
The emails were obtained by the Energy and Policy Institute
via a series of public records requests to Ohio House Majority Floor Leader
Bill Seitz and other state legislators involved in campaigns to roll back Ohio's renewable energy and energy efficiency standards, as well as bail out failing coal and nuclear
power plants.
via: Yale Environment 360 Coal, Activism Dr James Hansen Calls on Americans to Join Him at the Largest Protest on Global Warming in US History 2.6 Million Cubic Yards of Toxic Coal Ash Slurry Released in Tennessee Dike Burst Biggest Ever US Civil Disobedience on CLimate at Congressional
Power Plant
Bill McKibben Barack Obama Faces Environmental Clean Up After Two Centuries of Bingeing:
Bill McKibben Quote of the Day:
Bill McKibben on McMansions